I have couple of ethereum holders as friend and right now they are in worries about the upcoming hardfork ,well this is my opinion
-the upcoming hardfork is just an upgrade ,don't expect extra coins for holding ETH
-its ethereum damn it, If you are thinking it might lose value after the upgrade you are wrong ,I don't say its impossible but of all coins out there ETH stands out ,its no shit coin and remember the dev is a smart guy ,he knows what's best ,either it goes POS or not ETH is still a champ
Don't dump or live to regret it.
I also think that your friends have nothing to worry. In my opinion, the fact that there will be no separation of the blockchain (so, there will be no additional coins) is a big plus, because there will be no separation of the community. And as we all know Ethereum dev team is really good, so after hardfork, I expect only good news.
Agreed with you. Worries is not a solution, they should have patient for upcoming fork. Hard fork is good for future investment. Price of forked coin also increase. And Ethereum team is so much active now-a-days.